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2026 MXO Spark Tank Special Notice

Federal · Department of DefenseDue Sunday, October 18, 2026
Client
Department of Defense
RFP Number
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Posted
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Category
US Federal
Budget
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NAICS
541715
Set-aside
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Contact
MXO Spark Tank Team
Email
[email protected]

Description

AI Generated

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host the Multi X Office (MXO) Spark Tank event from November 2-4, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. This in-person event requires advance registration, which opens on August 10, 2026. No on-site registration will be available. The event provides an opportunity for prospective proposers and future MXO collaborators to engage with DARPA personnel, including MXO Program Managers and MXO Leadership, through overview presentations and 1:1 sidebar meetings. Presented materials may be posted online after the event.

Key solicitation details

AI-extracted from DARPA-SN-26-73.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.

DARPA will host the Multi X Office (MXO) Spark Tank event for prospective proposers and future MXO collaborators. The in-person event features overview presentations by DARPA personnel and opportunities for 1:1 sidebar meetings with MXO Program Managers and Leadership. Attendance is open to prospective MXO proposers including U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals.

Issued by
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Multi X Office
Posting Date
June 3, 2026
Registration Opens
August 10, 2026
Registration Deadline
October 18, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Event Date
November 2-4, 2026
How to submit
Electronic via the registration website
Submission details
Register online at https://cvent.me/8oLRbr and submit a required Capability Summary.
Estimated value
$450.00 registration fee per attendee
Place of performance
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 60611

Scope of work

  • Overview presentations by DARPA personnel and MXO Program Managers
  • Optional 1:1 15-minute sidebar meetings with MXO Program Managers for technical discussion
  • Optional 1:1 15-minute sidebar meetings with MXO Leadership regarding Program Manager positions
  • Informational focus on Thrust 1: Materials and components to expand foundations
  • Informational focus on Thrust 2: Tools and processes for indigenous development
  • Informational focus on Thrust 3: New modalities to achieve mission effects

Minimum qualifications

  • Open only to prospective MXO proposers; closed to general public and media
  • Open to U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals
  • Maximum of 2 representatives per organization unit and 8 people per overall organization
  • FFRDCs, UARCs, and Government Entities are discouraged from attending

Documents to include with the bid

  • Government-issued photo identification
  • Capability Summary (500-word text-only limit, no graphics/images)
  • DARPA Form 60 (for non-U.S. Citizens who are U.S. Permanent Residents or Foreign Nationals not representing a foreign government)
  • Official Foreign Visit Request (FVR) via respective Washington, DC Embassy (for foreign government personnel)

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number
DARPA-SN-26-73
Agency
Department of Defense
Buying office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) › DEF Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Notice type
Special Notice
Responses due
Oct 18, 2026, 7:59 PM ET
Posted on SAM.gov
Jun 3, 2026
NAICS
541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Product/service code
AC12
Contracting contact
MXO Spark Tank Team
[email protected]
Read the official notice description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host the Multi X Office (MXO) Spark Tank event for prospective proposers and future MXO collaborators on November 2-4, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. Advance registration is required. Registration will open on August 10, 2026. There will be no on-site registration. This event will be hosted in-person only. The event will include overview presentations by DARPA personnel, including MXO Program Managers, and an opportunity for 1:1 engagement with MXO Program Managers and MXO Leadership via sidebar meetings. After the event, presented materials may be posted tohttps://www.darpa.mil/about/offices/mxo.

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Market context

Awards in the same category (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)). This is not this requirement's award history.

Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 541715, since Oct 1, 2023

28,732 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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